Improvement in canceling-machines for bonds



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J. L; HARL'EY. CANCELING MACHINE FOR BONDS.

Patented J'une13,'18 76.

NPEi'ERS, PNOTO-LITHOGRAFHER WASHINGTON, D. C.

UNITED STATES P TENT QFFIGE.

JOSEPH L. HARLEY, on WASHINGTON, DISTRICT on COLUMBIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN CANCELlNG-MACHINES FOR BONDS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 178,767, dated June13,1876; application filed January 18, 1876.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, J OSEPH L. HARLEY, ofWashington, in the county ofWashington and District of Columbia, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Oan'celing- Machines;and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exactdescription thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,making a part of this specification.

My invention relates to certain novel improvements in machines forcanceling United States coupon bonds, or other evidences of value, wheresome portion of the face is to be left uncanceled, in order that it maybe readily distinguished, and yet be so mutilated, together with all itscoupons, as to destroy its pecuniary value; and to theseends myinvention consists of a machine provided with rotating male and femaledie rollers, having male and female dies so arranged on theirperipheries that punctures will be made in a sheet passing between them,with special reference to the points to be punctured and those to beleft perfect; and also in the peculiar construction and operation of thefeed-rollers and the female dies, as will be hereinafter more fully setforth.

, tomary, in the cancellation of the bonds, &c.,

of the United States, to e'mployan ordinary hand-punch similar to awad-cutter, which was driven through the paper and onto a bed of solder,or other suitable metal, by a blow from a hand-mallet. This is tediousand noisy in the extreme, and has only been resorted to on account ofthere being no practical machine known which would accomplish the endsdesired with precision and regularity. One of the great defectsin allattempts at securing such a machine'has been the characterandimperfectness of the feed. That sort of feed which was supposed to beabsolutely necessary was an intermittent feed, and was only accomplishedby the temporary suspension of the movement of the machine. This, it isobvious to any mechanic, subjects a machine.

' requiring the power of a punching-machine to such sudden and powerfulconcussion as to render it inoperative in a very short. time.

All the difficulties heretofore experienced have been successfullyovercome by my invention, and the punching or canceling of suchevidences of value as coupon bonds rendered simple and rapid, with anaccuracy not heretofore attained, and with little or I10 .noise.

To enable those skilled to more fully appreciate the construction andoperation of my invention, I will proceed to describe the same,referring by letters to the accompanying drawings, in which-- c Figure 1is a front View of a machine embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is avertical section at the line as a: of Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a detail view, onan enlarged scale, of the dierollers and feed-rollers; Fig. 4, a detailview of the female die-roll, showing the manner of securing the dies inplace, 850., and Fig. 5 is a plan view of an ordinary coupon bond, as

having been canceled by my improved machine.

Similar letters indicate like parts-in the several figures. Y

. A represents the frame of the machine, in which are arranged, in themost approved manner, the bearings for various rolls and driving-shafts,and on which is secured front and rear feed and delivery tables B O. Dis the shaft of the male die, drum, or roll, which 4 is preferably madeup of a series of narrow rolls, E, equidistant apart, the outside onesprovided with male dies a at proper distances I apart around its wholeextent, while the intermediate ones are provided with similar dies onlyto such an extent as will secure the passage of the sheet unmutilated ator during a given distance.

F is the shaft of the lower or female'die, drum, or roll, constructedwith similar rolls E to the upper one, and provided with female diescorresponding to the position of the male dies on the upper drum. Thesefemale dies are made by facing the narrow rolls with a rim or tire ofsteel, punched .in an obvious manner, as shown on the extreme leftroll,or, preferably, by securin g thimble-dies b (see Fig. 4) within the faceor periphery of the roll, as illustrated on the extreme right roll.These dies bare made slightly tapering, and seated .sheets and aconsequent imperfect feed.

.At the rear-of ithe deliverytablex 0 there may be secured areceiving-box for gathering driving-shaft I, which is provided with acrank,

K, or suitable hand-pulley. Inside ofthe frame, and at each end of thedrum-shaft D, there is a cam, L, (represented more clearly in dottedlines at Figs. 2 and 3,) against or in contact with which the free endof two arms, M, are

held by the weight of afeed-roll, N, having its hearings intheother-end. .HThesearmsare it pivoted at or near. their centers,hysuitable H brackets, to the frameA, so that the rollxN is xmade tolift and. fall by the action of theicams L at the propertimes, O is. ahollow feed-roll arranged upon and around the main driving; shaftLsothat it is made; .totravel in an op.-

posite direction to'said'shaft, (in orders to prop?- .the cam, the. rollNiis againalifteih so that i. ample time is them allowed forthe adjust--ment ofithe next sheet or number of :sheets. 1 The ;sheets,-as they arepunched, are carried tothe rear of1the1,-machine onto the delivery-:table 0,: and. dropped intoi a1 receiving-box, whilethe clippings dropunderneath, into a suitable receptacle.

.erly feed the sheet,) by means of bands P pass;- in g over saidfeed-roll and overthewendsof the lower die-drum. Q isone of any suitablenumfher of bolts for. bracing the two sides oftthe uframe Altogether. Ris: a-registerzplate and i guard arranged on the feed-tablecB, which itserves as a guide to registerthe sheetswbefore theyare taken by thefeed-rollers, and-which;

- hyits, height fromsaidmhed,determines the number of sheets which .maybe fed at once}. This plate may also be. provided. with fingersprojecting toward the bite of the fGGfleIOllS,

which shallserveto hold the edges of the sheets down and prevent thetendency to turn up, which might induceato. disarrangement of th thecanceled bonds in the order in whichthey may have been punched. i

The clippings may also be. directed into any suitable receptacleunderneaththe machine} The male and female dies may bothbe so.securedthat they may be taken out or left in" andfthus they'maybereadilyrearranged for different kinds of work. 7

. Having described the construction of. my improved machine, I will. nowdescribe. its

operation with special reference to ithe :cancollation of a UnitedStates coupon bond,

snchas is briefly represented at Fig. 50f the drawing.

In this kind of a bond it is necessary that the stub should be canceledwithoutdefae ing thexduplicate numbers,which are arranged at any twopcints,an'd, at the same time, secure the certain cancellation of everycoupon, one row of which may happen to be in line with the numbers onthe stub which are to be avoided, and hence the difficulty of punchingby machines as heretoforeconstructed. The bond must also be perfectlyregistered before it begins to be fed; otherwise it would be imperfectlycancelled.

With this premise I will proceed. A bond or any given number of bondsare placed illPOnlJhGfGfld table B and pushed. under the register-plateR, (which will only admit the passage of a given thickness or number ofsheets,) and registered by the edge of said plate-that is, thedividing-line between the stub or bond proper and the coupons is made to:coiucide. with the edge of the plate It. This is done whilethe upperfeed roll N is in an elevated position, which permits of any adjustmentof the sheets before the die-drums have been rotated, so-as to bringuthedies around, which are i to act. first, when, sim ul- .taneously, thefree ends of.thearms .M of

theroll N pass the step. on: the cam.L, and

=.insta'ntly allow; the-rollto idrop, causingia ibite hetweenfitand thelower feed-roll O.

- The sheetsware then: carri'edl forward to the dice-which, after thefirst ;one entersyserves asxai sufficienttieed, when, by;.the action. of

Thetbearings of theishaftsi ofi-the two die drums vor. carriers .beingmade adj ustahle .in i any suitable; manner, they may i be. adjusted:with reference. to the. character of wvork .1 to wbeiperibrmed. :The:dieswbeing removable wornphereplacedhy new. ones, or maybe moved and:arranged: with. special reference to. .theidesign of. the matter: tohecanceled, and to the movements oflthe upper feed-roll N, as governedby:the cams L, sothata .reg-

'ister having been obtained, the roll N will drop and .feed and the diespunch as if i11a manner endowed with; intelligence and i will,

'so that little or no: judgment .orskill is necessary to be exercised bythe. operator, and

the movement of the machine is not inter- .mittent, but continuous andalmost noiseless.

Having described the construction and operation of my *improvedmmachine,what-I claimas new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a machine for. canceling :bonds,-&c., a series of die-holders, EEyeach provided with removable punches and;dies,rcspectively,lasdescribed, in order. that the sheet passing between the same may bepunched in any given design, as illustrated at Fig. 5, substantially asand forthe purposes set forth.

. 2. Incomhination with themaleor female die carrier or drum. and thefeed-rolhhaviug a fixed location, the automatically-operating 4. Thefemale dies 1), arranged in couplets feed-roll N or its equivalent,constructed and and secured in position by'lneans of transoperating insubstantially the manner hereinyerse feathering-pins c, substantially asand before set forth. for the purpose set forth.

3. The hollow feed-roller 0, arranged on Witness my hand and seal this18th day of v the main shaft I and connected, by suitable January, 1876.

mechanism, to the shaft of the lower rotary JOS. L. HARLEY. L. s.]

drum, whereby the roller 0 is driven in a re- Witnesses: verse directionto that of the shaft 1, substan- I J NO. J. BONNER tially as and for thepurposes set forth. I ARTHUR L. MGINTIRE.

